''Brawl'' is a

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and released in

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Gameplay

Like Spit or '' Icehouse'', players in ''Brawl'' do not take turns, instead either making a move or staying inactive as best suits their strategy at that moment. The game is fast-paced (games typically last a minute or two) but still has a fairly high level of strategy. Each player has a different deck of cards. The object of the game is to win the most ''Base''-cards by playing the most ''Hit''-cards onto each ''Base'' before a ''Freeze''-card is played on it. The game ends when a ''Freeze'' has been played on every ''Base'' in play. A player wins a ''Base''-card if she has more ''Hits'' on her side of the ''Base'' than her opponent has on his side. If both players have the same number of ''Hits'' on the ''Base'', the owner of the ''Base''-card wins the ''Base''.

Reception

In 2001, ''Brawl: Club Foglio'' won the

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s for ''Best Card Game Expansion or Supplement 2000'' and ''Best Graphic Presentation of a Card Game 2000''. In 2005, the French company Eclipse Vis Comica published the six original decks in French (though the cards were in English), and added a new promotional deck, ''Natacha'' which was available only with the proof of purchase of all 6 standard decks. These decks were all 44 cards instead of the original 35 cards, and included new rules, including "customization" options. For this edition, the name of the game was changed to ''Fight'', and the characters were all replaced with more flashy,

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-style characters. In November 2011, the California company Brode Games released the original six decks on iPhone and iPad. BRAWL briefly made the top 25 free card games list on the App Store.

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References

External links

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